orkut - whats it all about then ?

BoltonMinx

I've been using google groups for a couple of weeks now and noticed in their "other" services something called orkut. Shame I can't join, Im curious what it's all about and hopeful someone will invite me

intel

https://www.orkut.com/GLogin.aspx?done=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2F

Woby_Tide

So a myspace/dating site for geeks by the looks of it...;)


Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service



[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]By Danny Sullivan, Editor
[size=-1]January 22, 2004[/size][/font]



[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]Google has quietly released a social networking service called orkut, named after Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google software engineer who developed the project during personal time allowed to him by Google.

All employees at Google are allowed to spend twenty percent of their time working on personal interests, a policy Google has to encourage creativity. Buyukkokten had an interest in social networking and so developed his service, Google says. Now the company has decided to open it to the public.

The move comes in the wake of rumors that Google wanted to buy social networking service Friendster last year and just a day after Eurekster launched, a social network service that refines search results. Is this a sign that Google plans to use social networking for search?

"We have absolutely no idea. We're going to watch this and see how people react to it," said Google spokesperson David Krane.

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BoltonMinx

intel wrote:

https://www.orkut.com/GLogin.aspx?done=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2F

intel - you have to be invited to join so I can't just log in

intel

BoltonMinx wrote:

intel - you have to be invited to join so I can't just log in

Get a Google email account and see if that works... wont harm..

BoltonMinx

Woby_Tide - Im a bit of a software geek (well databases mainly) - don't ask me anything about hardware though Guess Im going to have to wait for a friend to become a member before I can get an inside scoop

sra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut

an interesting page about Orkut

http://www.discussbiz.com/ftopic144.php

I noticed he was offering invitations when I read this (part 4)